If the interface is not used right away after being probed it wastes power needlessly. Noted by Holger Schurig. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
@@ -1983,6 +1983,10 @@ static int __init smc_probe(struct net_device *dev, void __iomem *ioaddr)
if (lp->version >= (CHIP_91100 << 4))
smc_phy_detect(dev);
+ /* then shut everything down to save power */
+ smc_shutdown(dev);
+ smc_phy_powerdown(dev);
+
/* Set default parameters */
lp->msg_enable = NETIF_MSG_LINK;
lp->ctl_rfduplx = 0;